wikis

I am fascinated by the Flat Classroom Project. Seems that must have taken a lot of training and start up time. I like the way each of the schools had its own rubric which shows collaborating does not drive the grading...It can be tailored to each school. It is hard for me to imagine what goes on behind the scenes of creating something collaboratively. How did the students collaborate to create the student biology 101 wiki? I am also confused by the relationship of Ning and wikis. Can someone enlighten me? (This is a test to see if anyone is reading my blog!)

Social Networking

Have joined the Global Education Collaborative. That was easy asis navigating. Read the discussion "Rolling on the Tundra" since my son and husband are Bowdoin graduates (polar bear mascot) and moreso out of interest. Interested in Apple Learning Exchange which provides curriculum, tech support,parent stuff etc. Joined Global Awareness Curriculum. One of the school initiatives was about the book If the World Were a Village.My former colleagues created a wonderful unit which I will check on and maybe share on this site. Maybe I can find ideas for curriculum for the April study tour teaching at Dandelion school. I skipped wikis to catch up so need to learn about wikis before finding other social networks.